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Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model

BACKGROUND: Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) is essential for the early detection of pregnancy-related problems and unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. However, a significant number of mothers do not initiate ANC at the recommended time. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the median time o...

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Autores principales: Belay, Daniel Gashaneh, Alemu, Melaku Birhanu, Aragaw, Fantu Mamo, Asratie, Melaku Hunie
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37854167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.917895
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author Belay, Daniel Gashaneh
Alemu, Melaku Birhanu
Aragaw, Fantu Mamo
Asratie, Melaku Hunie
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description BACKGROUND: Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) is essential for the early detection of pregnancy-related problems and unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. However, a significant number of mothers do not initiate ANC at the recommended time. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the median time of ANC initiation and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. METHODS: We used the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2016 data set. The proportional hazard assumption was assessed using Schoenfeld residual test and log–log plot. A life table was used to determine the median survival time (time of ANC initiation). The Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model was the best-fitting model for identifying the predictors for the early initiation of ANC booking. Finally, the adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to determine the significance of predictors. RESULTS: A total of 7,501 reproductive-aged women gave recent birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey. Nearly three in five women [61.95% (95% CI: 60.85–63.04%)] booked their first ANC visit with a median time of 4.4 months. Women who attended primary education (AHR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01–1.20), secondary and above (AHR = 1.26, 95% CI: 1.11–1.44), media exposure (AHR = 1.07, 95% CI: 1.00–1.16), rich wealthy (AHR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.06–1.30), grand multiparous (AHR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.72–0.93), unwanted pregnancy (AHR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.81–0.96), small periphery region (AHR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.51–0.67), and rural residence (AHR = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.75–0.99) were significantly associated with first ANC visit. CONCLUSION: According to this study, a significant number of women missed their first ANC visit. The education status of women, place of residence, region, wealth index, media exposure, unintended pregnancy, and multi-parity were significantly associated with the time of initiation of the first ANC visit. Therefore, policymakers should focus on improving the socioeconomic status (education, media coverage, and wealth) of reproductive-aged women by prioritizing women who live in small periphery regions and rural residences to improve the early initiation of ANC.
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spelling pubmed-105798882023-10-18 Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model Belay, Daniel Gashaneh Alemu, Melaku Birhanu Aragaw, Fantu Mamo Asratie, Melaku Hunie Front Glob Womens Health Global Women's Health BACKGROUND: Early initiation of antenatal care (ANC) is essential for the early detection of pregnancy-related problems and unfavorable pregnancy outcomes. However, a significant number of mothers do not initiate ANC at the recommended time. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the median time of ANC initiation and its predictors among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia. METHODS: We used the Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) 2016 data set. The proportional hazard assumption was assessed using Schoenfeld residual test and log–log plot. A life table was used to determine the median survival time (time of ANC initiation). The Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model was the best-fitting model for identifying the predictors for the early initiation of ANC booking. Finally, the adjusted hazard ratio (AHR) with a 95% confidence interval (CI) was used to determine the significance of predictors. RESULTS: A total of 7,501 reproductive-aged women gave recent birth in the last 5 years preceding the survey. Nearly three in five women [61.95% (95% CI: 60.85–63.04%)] booked their first ANC visit with a median time of 4.4 months. Women who attended primary education (AHR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.01–1.20), secondary and above (AHR = 1.26, 95% CI: 1.11–1.44), media exposure (AHR = 1.07, 95% CI: 1.00–1.16), rich wealthy (AHR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.06–1.30), grand multiparous (AHR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.72–0.93), unwanted pregnancy (AHR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.81–0.96), small periphery region (AHR = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.51–0.67), and rural residence (AHR = 0.86, 95% CI: 0.75–0.99) were significantly associated with first ANC visit. CONCLUSION: According to this study, a significant number of women missed their first ANC visit. The education status of women, place of residence, region, wealth index, media exposure, unintended pregnancy, and multi-parity were significantly associated with the time of initiation of the first ANC visit. Therefore, policymakers should focus on improving the socioeconomic status (education, media coverage, and wealth) of reproductive-aged women by prioritizing women who live in small periphery regions and rural residences to improve the early initiation of ANC. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10579888/ /pubmed/37854167 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.917895 Text en © 2023 Belay, Alemu, Aragaw and Asratie. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Global Women's Health
Belay, Daniel Gashaneh
Alemu, Melaku Birhanu
Aragaw, Fantu Mamo
Asratie, Melaku Hunie
Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model
title Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model
title_full Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model
title_fullStr Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model
title_full_unstemmed Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model
title_short Time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: Gompertz inverse Gaussian shared frailty model
title_sort time to initiation of antenatal care visit and its predictors among reproductive age women in ethiopia: gompertz inverse gaussian shared frailty model
topic Global Women's Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579888/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37854167
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgwh.2023.917895
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